Electric Vehicles

[85SugarVol]

Cummins acquired a small Canadian company (Hydrogenics) that I had been working with. Hoping to get a PO from Cummins soon, for Hydrogen Deoxo catalyst. Sent them some design help this morning and they asked for another Zoom meeting. Aaaagh!

Lololololol.. I worked for Cummins many moons ago….

But seriously - good luck to you, hope it works out!

 

[hog88]

Lololololol.. I worked for Cummins many moons ago….

But seriously - good luck to you, hope it works out!

I can’t even get a Cummins engine in the trucks we’re ordering.

 

[85SugarVol]

It is abundant, elemental and combustible.

Hydrogen fuel should be better than NG.

Exactly

One of these days someone is going to figure out how to convert water into energy. I hope it’s me.

 

[85SugarVol]

I can’t even get a Cummins engine in the trucks we’re ordering.

What kind of trucks are you ordering

 

[hog88]

What kind of trucks are you ordering

Kenworth and Frieghtliners. Cummins isn’t even an option in the Fls but it would be 2024 before I could get a KW with a Cummins

 

[McDad]

Have you found one on IAA?

No.
Many on Copart, though.

 

[85SugarVol]

Kenworth and Frieghtliners. Cummins isn’t even an option in the Fls but it would be 2024 before I could get a KW with a Cummins

Yea Freightliner is Detroit Diesel, but you can actually get one with a CM in it. Probably gonna pay for that though.

You look at Peterbilt or just KW?

 

[Electric Orange]

 

[RavinDave]

Lololololol.. I worked for Cummins many moons ago….

But seriously - good luck to you, hope it works out!

Thanks SugarVol.

 

[joevol33]

Maybe it's just the picture, but that batt in the left center doesn't look healthy at all...

That's the one @joevol33 attaches to his nipples.

They were all bubbly, some bad, and it may have been my nipples

 

[dobre_shunka]

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[85SugarVol]

America loves their trucks/sport utes. If you want to sell automobiles in America and be successful at it you’re gonna offer trucks and sport utes.

Try and tell my wife she doesn’t need her Tahoe.

 

[hog88]

Yea Freightliner is Detroit Diesel, but you can actually get one with a CM in it. Probably gonna pay for that though.

You look at Peterbilt or just KW?

Paccar can’t get them

 

[85SugarVol]

Paccar can’t get them

Oh wow. CM is 24 months back ordered to Paccar? Ouch

 

[hog88]

Oh wow. CM is 24 months back ordered to Paccar? Ouch

That’s what we’re being told.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Every time I go to the other house, I have to relearn how to do simple stuff like fry an egg on that glass top stove. Give me gas any day.

This IS Volnation and one of the Vols primary sponsors is Natural Gas. So any dissing of NG is disloyalty to the program. So get with it!!!!

 

[85SugarVol]

That’s what we’re being told.

Cummins and Paccar live at one another’s throats. I can only imagine the calls right now though!

 

[zeppelin128]

Nuclear is a hard sell for power generation companies, and probably and impossible task to sell to investors because of the licensing and long construction process. There's interest in mini reactors, but why would you really want to go small scale if you face all the licensing and siting issues that you would for say a plant generating 1000 MWatts? And you have no idea how long court battles can tie it all up before the plant can power a light bulb. I'm all for nuclear power - that's my field, but some obstacles have to be removed, and it will probably take government financing to make new plants happen. The other thing is the inefficiency and disruption by solar and wind, and NG generation being quick and easy to build by comparison. Logically you would use nuclear for baseload and NG for peaking if you are determined to use unstable sources like solar.

Thanks for the detailed response. Since you are in the field, how would you go about making nuclear power a more tenable solution?

 

[AM64]

It is abundant, elemental and combustible.

Hydrogen fuel should be better than NG.

Yeah, but hydrogen is always married to some other atom ... and kinda faithful about it, too.

 

[OrangeTsar]

It is abundant, elemental and combustible.

Hydrogen fuel should be better than NG.

Very efficient and is the cleanest burning fuel possible, producing no exhaust except water vapor. The only drawback is handling. To get enough storage to be useful you either have to compress the gas to a pressure requiring very thick and heavy tankage or else you have to liquify it to dangerously cold cryogenic temperatures

 

[OrangeTsar]

Actually, maybe it is time to bring back the steam powered car

 

[AM64]

Just gonna post to make it 4 in a row
Edit Dangit

You just have you wait til these boys go to bed, then you can do a lot of posts in a row without intending to.

 

[AM64]

Rivian is looking to build some Muti-billion battery plant in Social Circle GA, and the residents dont want them and taking to court. On top of the CCP battery plant just built in Commerce, GA. Spoke to an MC a couple of weeks ago and he said the safety protocols during the build were soooo bad construction crew were walking of the job. It should be finished by now, but when I asked about production hazards to the community he did not know. Sounds like the CCP spirit is alive and well in US

Maybe we could accuse the CCP of slave labor in GA ... some minority other than Asian, of course. Could get interesting even if there's no proof. Of course, the claim couldn't come from a white guy or a competing Asian.

 

[AM64]

That new range will not be the same as a 3 year range either. Just like your phone or whatever. I bet after so many years range would be reduced in half.

Maybe Tesla will just throttle the car and features like Apple was doing when batteries started to fade (think I remember that right).

 

[AM64]

My truck is 10 years old this year and has 67k miles on it. I’m fine on fuel costs.

Got you beat. I filled up today (should have done it sooner) between half and 1/4 tank ... seems like 11.something gallons at $4.59 for the required premium. I keep a little book ... yeah, I know. Last fill was in mid January, and the car (2010) has 57K on the odometer. The joys of being retired and not commuting.